The kinning of foreigners : transnational adoption in a global perspective
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書誌事項
The kinning of foreigners : transnational adoption in a global perspective
Berghahn Books, 2006
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Bibliography: p. [235]-244
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Since the late nineteen sixties, transnational adoption has emerged as a global phenomenon. Due to a sharp decline in infants being made available for adoption locally, involuntarily childless couples in Western Europe and North America who wish to create a family, have to look to look to countries in the poor South and Eastern Europe. The purpose of this book is to locate transnational adoption within a broad context of contemporary Western life, especially values concerning family, children and meaningful relatedness, and to explore the many ambiguities and paradoxes that the practice entails. Based on empirical research from Norway, the author identifies three main themes for analysis: Firstly, by focusing on the perceived relationship between biology and sociality, she examines how notions of child, childhood and significant relatedness vary across time and space. She argues that through a process of kinning, persons are made into kin. In the case of adoption, kinning overcomes a dominant cultural emphasis placed upon biological connectedness. Secondly, it is a study of the rise of expert knowledge in the understanding of 'the best interest of the child', and how the part played by the 'psycho.technocrats' effects national and international policy and practice of transnational adoption. Thirdly, it shows how transnational adoption both depends upon and helps to foster the globalisation of Western rationality and morality. The book is an original contribution to the anthropological study of kinship and globalisation.
目次
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I: ADOPTION - BIOLOGY OR SOCIALITY?
Chapter 1. Desire and Rights: Transnational Movement of Substances and Concepts
Chapter 2. A Changing World of Families: An Overview
Chapter 3. Kinship with Strangers: Values and Practices of Adoption
Chapter 4. Kinning and Transubstantiation: Norwegianisation of Adoptees
Chapter 5. Expert Knowledge: The Role of Psychology in Adoption Discourses
Chapter 6. Who Am I, Then? Adoptees' Perspectives on Identity and Ethnicity
PART II: GOVERNMENTALITY AND THE ROLE OF PSYCHO-TECHNOCRATS
Chapter 7. Benevolent Control: Adoption Legislation in the USA and Norway
Chapter 8. Benevolent Control: International Treaties on Adoption
Chapter 9. Expert Knowledge: Global and Local Adoption Discourses in India, Ethiopia, China and Romania
Chapter 10. In Conclusion: To Kin a Foreign Child
Postscript: A Note on Methods
Bibliography
Index
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